By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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Workplace bullying and harassment rife as one in two UK women experience sexual harassment in the office

September 22, 2015

“In many respects, women are people too.” “Bisexuals are just greedy.” What’s the most offensive comment you’ve overheard at your office? Solicitor firm Thomas Mansfield asked this question in a survey and responses came pouring in. An image campaign of some of the worst responses illustrates that workplace bullying is a big problem. According to [...]
Cyber attacks cost global business over £200bn a year – with finance industry hit worst

September 22, 2015

Cybercrime is hitting businesses hard, with attacks costing billions every year, and the finance sector is worst exposed as one in four businesses were victims of attacks in the past year. Some 15 per cent of businesses have faced a cyber attack in the past year, with the EU region hit worst, global survey Grant [...]
Britons’ telecoms consumer complaints revealed: Vodafone’s mobile prices and EE’s broadband most criticised

September 22, 2015

Vodafone is the most complained-about mobile operator, new figures from industry regulator Ofcom show. More than one in every 7,500 customers had complaints about the UK’s third-biggest operator. Most, 34 per cent, saw red over the prices, but ironically, the second-biggest reason for complaining was how the operator handled complaints. Britons’ consumer complaints have been [...]
UK broadband coverage outstrips other European countries – now BT promises to double speeds across the country

September 22, 2015

Hot on the heels of BT’s promise to revolutionise the UK’s broadband, a new study has revealed that Britain’s broadband growth already outstrips other European countries – setting it on course to become world leading within five years. The UK already beats major European countries, with broadband speeds and coverage around three years ahead of [...]
The shared economy and peer-to-peer payments are transforming business lending and P2P is here to stay

September 22, 2015

Anyone who has kept an eye on the financial services landscape over the past decade will have noticed that digital technology is transforming and disrupting many traditional product markets. The latest innovation is from PayPal, an early pioneer in online payments, who are offering a smartphone app to help get your money back if you've [...]
London’s commercial property market is a bubble – but it’s not ready to burst

September 22, 2015

Commercial property and office rents have reached all-time highs across the West End, midtown and the City and headlines have recently been dominated by a spate of high-profile tech firms making a home for themselves in the capital. With 15 years’ experience in the London property market, I keep a watchful eye on the capital’s [...]
Internet capacity crunch: The internet could be reaching its limits in eight years, researchers warn

September 22, 2015

Are we about to break the internet? The internet is heading straight for a “capacity crunch”, as it struggles to keep up with our demands, UK researchers have warned, with an overload expected within eight years. In today’s streaming society, we all expect to be able to watch our favourite TV shows in high-res and [...]
Apple wins patent ruling against Samsung which could put Galaxy devices’ slide-to-unlock and autocorrect at risk

September 18, 2015

Apple just won another victory in its patent war against rival Samsung, which could force the Korean tech giant to stop using certain features in its devices. The row between the world-leading smartphone manufacturers stems from the slide-to-unlock feature, quicklinks and autocorrect. Apple argues that Samsung stole these features, and the courts have once again [...]
How the world reacted to the Federal Reserve interest rate decision: Emerging markets soar and US stocks whip about on Fed’s decision not to hike rates

September 17, 2015

Emerging markets took off after the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates steady at a historic low – but the dollar swooped on the news. Blaming a shaky global economy, the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold its fire on a US rate hike, leaving interest rates at the zero to a [...]
Federal Reserve interest rate decision: Fed leaves US interest rate unchanged

September 17, 2015

The Federal Reserve decided to keep US interest rates unchanged today, confirming analysts’ suspicions that recent market turmoil would stay the bank's hand. The shaky global economy, recently dragged by turmoil in China after Black Monday, lay behind the Fed's decision to hold its fire and keep the interest rate at its zero to a [...]

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